as in executive
a person who manages or directs something
we wanted an exemption from the policy regarding refunds, but the store manager refused
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Recent Examples of manager
These traits sound appealing—what hiring manager wouldn’t want a driven employee?
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Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
Only 18% of portfolio managers and 26% of analysts are filled by women, a recent Morningstar survey found.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
However, approval must be obtained from a senior manager for this search to be conducted.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
People in England — players, managers, fans, media —need to be less sniffy about the under-21s.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
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Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
Only 18% of portfolio managers and 26% of analysts are filled by women, a recent Morningstar survey found.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
However, approval must be obtained from a senior manager for this search to be conducted.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
People in England — players, managers, fans, media —need to be less sniffy about the under-21s.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manager
Noun
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The entities – also including Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks – are continuing to operate around the world while network executives contemplate next steps.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Yet a small amount of the whisky survived, says Ewan Gunn, an executive at Diageo, the global beverage company that now owns Port Ellen, as well as brands such as Johnnie Walker and Lagavulin.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Teacher turnover Educators who were frustrated by remote learning and other conditions quit teaching and departed from classrooms across the nation, leaving school administrators nationwide with shortages of teachers and substitutes on staff, according to a RAND survey from 2021.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Rubio will continue to be USAID's acting administrator, and the two political appointees will be deputy administrators.—
Camilla Schick,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2025
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The director of Last Call, Gil Mehmert, is acclaimed for visually and emotionally rich productions such as German productions of ONCE, The Elephant Man, and Cabaret.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The director of the F1 movie, Joseph Kosinski, has revealed the one condition Lewis Hamilton had going into its production.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The school board sought input from parents, staff and students in the search for a new superintendent, according to the release.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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The superintendent said no other students were injured.—
Mike Stunson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2025
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County supervisors bought into his ongoing call for a total transformation of the local mental health care system, shifting toward crisis centers at a time when many in the community were calling for the immediate construction of new locked units attached to major medical centers.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Usually, the only way to identify these individuals is through irregularity reports submitted by test supervisors.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manager. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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